Glen Ford

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Concept of “Black” Elections
18 Jul 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford When a Black candidate that fails to gain majority Black support wins an election, is that a Black victory, or a Black defeat? The Black Is Back…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Obama Bound for Mount Rushmore?
05 Jul 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama’s healthcare plan, now vetted by the U.S. Supreme Court, is the spawn of Republican reactionaries, “based on the principle that people…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Re-Open COINTELPRO Investigation: If the Sioux Can Seek Justice, Why Can’t Blacks?
27 Jun 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Oglala Sioux have convinced the U.S. Justice Department to re-examine 50 possible political killings, from the mid-…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
White House Strategy for Africa Revealed: Intensified Militarization and War on Terror
20 Jun 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The White House has put in writing its policies for sub-Saharan Africa. The problem is, there’s hardly a word of truth in the document, and not a single…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
U.S. Escalates Military Penetration of Africa
13 Jun 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Americans are preparing to establish a network of bases in Africa, initially to serve a 3,000-troop roving brigade to be deployed on the continent,…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Cleaning Up Obama’s “Dark Side”
31 May 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Obama’s handlers, with the able assistance of the New York Times, paint a presidential portrait that “reconciles the old, imagined Obama with Dick…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Glen Ford: Corporate Assault on Public Education
17 May 2012
Why are hijacking the formerly left politics of Black America, and corporate takeovers of public education key to the hard right's agenda in the US? In an address this month at NYC's All…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Make the Choice: Wall Street or Society
16 May 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The liberal reformers are once again talking about tinkering with Wall Street’s economic and political stranglehold on society. “The reformist debate…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Incarceration = Cash + Counterinsurgency
30 Apr 2012
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Trayvon Killing Reveals Unreconstructed White Nationalism on the March
18 Apr 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “’Shoot the Blacks’ is a winning political platform.” That’s the message brought home to African Americans by the Trayvon Martin murder and George…